As she was shaping the last meatball, Milena had a sudden urge to squeeze it.
Luda said that they would all miss Aron, and Milena said that his was an enviable death.
In fact, when the teacher asked them to introduce themselves, Milena, too, had been tempted to lie.
That night, as she lay in bed on her rock-hard mattress, Luda continued to think about Milena.
Milena said that the young Luda looked like Saddam Hussein with bigger hair and a thinner mustache.
One passing glance from Milena told her that she did look stupid in her scarf and her lipstick.
Milena ignored his warnings, just as she ignored his offer to sell her a large chest of drawers.
Milena had large blue eyes, an elegant nose, and olive skin covered with a graceful network of fine wrinkles.
All of them had laughed happily when Milena compared Luda to Saddam Hussein.
On Mondays, Luda and Milena felt deflated and tired, too, and perhaps even a little ashamed of their Friday excitement.
Once, Luda brought old photographs of herself to class to show Milena that she, too, had been a real beauty.
When all the puffs were gone, Aron flicked a few golden crumbs off his shirt and asked Milena what her name was.
Fat, Milena thought, all the flavor is in the fat, and people are just kidding themselves when they try to believe otherwise.
Milena smoothed the folds of her skirt and looked out the window.
And Milena, stupid, proud Milena, who had always thought that it was beneath her to fight for a man, what did she have?
Milena glanced at Aron, straightened her shoulders, removed her Versace sunglasses, shook out her hair, and positioned the glasses on top of her head.
Milena opened the shoebox and started looking for her sleeping pills.
Then Milena remembered that she had lied in class after all.
There had been a moment, after Luda took off her cardigan and hung it over her chair, when Milena actually sniffed the air and moved farther away in her seat.
An International Feast, with its food, culture, and informal atmosphere, would be a perfect opportunity to get a man to notice you, and Milena knew this as well as Luda.
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